946 CMR 4.04
Rules for the Use of the Devens Properties
(1) No person shall travel on portion of the Devens Properties, except upon the roads, walks or
places provided for the class of traffic; nor occupy roads or walks in such manner as to hinder
or obstruct their proper use.
(2) The Police shall have the right to remove from the Devens Properties any unauthorized
vehicles, and the Agency shall have the right to retain such vehicle until the owner and or
operator thereof shall reimburse the Agency for all costs of the removal and storage of said
vehicle.
(3) No person shall tamper with heater valves, hydrants, sprinkler valves and devices, blower
motors or any other Devens Properties at any time. No person other than an authorized employee
of the Agency or agent shall be permitted to operate such devices, machinery or equipment.
(4) Unless otherwise provided in a lease or other agreement with the Agency, no person shall
use any area of the Devens Properties for the storage of property. If, not withstanding the
preceding prohibition, a person uses such areas for storage as aforesaid without first obtaining
such permission, then the Agency may order the property removed.
(5) No person who is unable to give satisfactory explanation of his presence shall loiter in or
about any toilet, corridor, stairway, lobby, waiting room or other appurtenance of the Devens
Properties.
(6) No person shall commit any disorderly, obscene or indecent act, or commit any nuisance,
or abandon any personal property on the Devens Properties.
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(7) No person shall destroy, injure, deface or disturb, tamper with, or attempt to destroy, injure,
deface, disturb any building, sign, equipment, fixture, marker or any other structure or property
of the Devens Properties.
(8) No person shall destroy, injure, deface or disturb the trees, flowers, shrubs, or other
vegetation, trees, lawns or seeded areas on the Devens Properties.
(9) No person shall withdraw water from any hydrant, standpipe or body of water owned,
operated or under the care of the Agency unless the person has been authorized to do so by the
Agency.
(10) No person shall place or cause to place on any of the Devens Properties any rubbish, ashes,
debris or garbage or the containers thereof, or abandon on the Devens Properties vehicles of any
kind, refrigerators or other appliances.
(11) No person shall drive any vehicle of any kind upon or across any of the Devens Properties,
except where the streets, highways, alleys, roadways, parking lots or driveways have been
properly laid out and are open to the public.
(12) No motor vehicle shall be operated within the Devens Properties unless such vehicle is
registered in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(13) No person shall drive a motor vehicle anywhere upon Devens Properties without a regular
motor vehicle operator’s or chauffeur’s license issued by a State Registry of Motor Vehicles
permitting the driving by such person of the particular type of vehicle driven.
(14) Swimming and ice-skating shall be permitted in the Devens Properties only in areas
specially designated and posted by the Executive Director.
(15) The Agency may post rules restricting recreational activity to designated areas and times
and may require that a permit be obtained in advance.
(16) Drunkenness, breach of the peace, profanity, amplified sound, or disorderly conduct
offensive to the general public is strictly forbidden.
(17) Striking golf balls outside of areas designated by the Agency is prohibited.
(18) No person shall open or close any street, highway, way, driveway, alley or path on the
Devens Properties unless such person has been authorized to do so by the Agency.